Factores de riesgo coronarios asociados al infarto agudo del miocardio en el adulto mayor

an observational, analytic and retrospective study of case-control type, of aged patients with acute myocardial infarction, belonging to the health municipal area of santiago de cuba was carried out from january, 2006 to december, 2011, in order to identify the coronary risk factors associated with it. thirty three cases and two controls for each were selected. the relative risk through the odds ratio and the attributable risk in percentage exposed as impact measure were calculated. sedentarism and hypertension had a considerable significant causative relationship with acute myocardial infarction and in a moderate way with smoking habit. family or personal history of ischemic cardiopathy, sex, obesity or diabetes mellitus had no relation with it.